Electronics, Physical Computing & Arduino
Getting Started With Arduino, 2nd edition (Massimo Banzi, O’Reilly, 2011)
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers (Dan O’Sullivan & Tom Igoe, Course Technology Publishers, 2004)
Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to see, hear, and feel your world (Tom Igoe, Maker Media, 3rd edition, 2017)
Make: Electronics, (Charles Platt, Maker Media Inc, 2009). (Great intro to electronics!)
Fashioning Technology: a DIY Intro to Smart Crafting (Syuzi Pakhchyan. Make books, 2008)
Practical Electronics for Inventors (Paul Scherz, McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 3rd edition, 2013)
Programming
Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, Second Edition (Casey Reas and Ben Fry, O’Reilly, 2014)
Intersections of Art & Science
Experiencing the Unconventional: Science in Art. (Theresa Schubert and Andrew Adamatzky, eds., World Scientific Publishing, 2015)
Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology (Stephen Wilson, MIT Press, 2002)
Art + Science Now (Stephen Wilson, Thames & Hudson, 2010)
Interaction Design
The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman, Doubleday Books, 1990)
The Art of Interactive Design (Chris Crawford, No Starch Press, 2002)
Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman. Basic Books, 2005)